Our Acquisitions Fund has recently acquired three volumes from John Conyers’ library at Copped Hall. The first two books are part of a series – we have volumes one and two. These volumes are written in French and were printed in Amsterdam in 1737. The titles are “Lettres Francoises” - See below.

Another book was purchased from a bookseller in the United States and is entitled “Curiosities of Nature and Art in Husbandry and Gardening” and was printed in London in 1707.

These books all have John Conyers’ bookplate fitted to the inside of the front cover. It is of historical interest to know what John Conyers had in his library at Copped Hall. We now have 13 leatherbound volumes from his library including some from his father.